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In 1959 Munakata spent eight months in the United States, based in New York City, as a Japan Society Fellow. He lectured and demonstrated print-making at universities and art worshops around the country.
IDATENHI NO SAKU (RUNNING GODDESSES) [COMPOSITION ON A POEM BY YANAGI KANEKO]
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MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Idatenhi no saku (Running goddesses) [Composition on a poem by Yanagi Kaneko]
Woodcut with hand-applied color, 1959, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and signed and dated in Roman script Munakata I959..Nyu Yoku (New York) and in Roman print in another hand Idaten (Runner), pine needles symbols, sealed Shiko, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink 99 Idaten hi
15 x 13in. (39.5 x 33cm.)
Idatenhi no saku (Running goddesses) [Composition on a poem by Yanagi Kaneko]
Woodcut with hand-applied color, 1959, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and signed and dated in Roman script Munakata I959..Nyu Yoku (New York) and in Roman print in another hand Idaten (Runner), pine needles symbols, sealed Shiko, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink 99 Idaten hi
15 x 13in. (39.5 x 33cm.)